Buckle



A. J. THERREAULT.

BUCKLE.

APPLICATION mu) MAY 24, 1920.

1,367,215. Patented Feb. 1, 1921.

BY ZNEENTOR I VMW ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PATENT OFFICE.

ADELMA .r. rnnaaneour, or snmoun, oounno'rrcur.

. Patented Feb. 1, 19 21.

Application filed May 24, 1920. Serial No. 383,735.

adjustably attached to the pin which in turn attaches the supporter as a whole to a corset, waist or otherarticle of apparel, and the invention has for its object to provide a buckle of this type. in which the frame of the buckle shall be adapted to slide over the hump of the safety pin, and which shall provide for the attachment of the web to the buckle without stitching and for adjustment of the buckle on the web in the usual manner, the buckle as a whole being simple in construction and inexpensive to produce, the amount of metal required being reduced to the minimum, as there is little waste in the form of scrap, and the number of mechanical operations being likewise reduced to the minimum, the buckle frame being first blanked out and then formed ready for assembling by a second operation.

With these and other objects in view I have devised the novel buckle which I will now describe, referring to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and using reference characters to indicate the several parts.

Figure 1 is an elevation on an enlarged scale illustrating the use of my novel buckle in connection with an ordinary stocking supporter; I

Fig. 2 a section on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 3 a perspective view of a safety pin of the hump type;

Fig. i a perspective view of my novel buckle detached;

Fig. 5 an elevation of the blank from which the buckle frame is formed;

Fig. 6 a modified form of buckle; and

Fig. 7 is a sectional view of the buckle of Fig. 6, illustrating the use of the modified form of buckle with a stocking supporter.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, 10 denotes a safety pin of the type referred to,

which comprises the usual pin, coil, guard and the hump which is specifically indicated by 11. The buckle frame is blanked out complete as shown in Fig. 5 and comprlses a plate 12, ears 13 which are bent at right angles to the plate and are provided w th holes 14 to receive the trunnions 15 of the lever 16. The lever may be of the friction type or maybe provided withteethl'? which are adapted to-be forced into the web to lock the buckle to the web when the lever is turned to operative position. In addition to the ears the plate is provided with straps 18 which are adapted to be curved outward from the plate, in the opposite direction from the ears, and then bent parallel with the plate to form an elongated socket 19 which loosely receives the hump of the safety pin, the buckle frame as a whole slidin over the hump of the pin.

n assembling the parts of the supporter, the buckle frame is first slid up on the hump to about the position shown in the drawing. An end 20 of the web is next positioned between the arms of the hump and inserted downwardlyinto the socket. The web is then drawn around the outer portions of straps 18, as denoted at 21, is then passed forwardly between the lower edge of the plate and the base of the hump, as denoted at 22,'is then drawn around the front face of the plate beneath lever 16, as denoted at 23, isthen passed rearwardly over the top edge of the plate, as denoted at 24:, is then drawn across the portion of the web designated 21, as denoted at 25, is again passed forwardly between the lower edge of the plate and the base of the hump, as denoted at 26, is formed into aloop 27 for the clasp of the supporter, is again passed between the lever and the front face of the plate, as denoted at 28, is then drawn around the portions of the web designated 24 and 25, as denoted at 29, and is again passed forwardly between the lower edge of the plate and the base of the hump, as denoted at 30.

It will be noticed that three thicknesses of web rest beneath straps 18. Protection of the body of the wearer from the metallic parts of the buckle is thus insured. It will also be noticed that the loop may be adjusted in length in a simple and convenient manner.

When the stocking supporter is put to use, downward pulling on the loop, it will be apparent; will cause the webto be firmly gripped and held between the lower edge of the plate and the base of the hump for the reason that the-buekle'frameis arranged to freely slide over the hump.

Referring to Figs. 6 and 7, 31 denotes a plate of modified form which is provided *w'ith a struck" upbar 32, and with straps 33,

which are arranged O11=tl16 opposite side of the plate from the struck up bar, to provide a socket 34-. The manner of 'as- ,semblin'gthe parts of the webis as before,

asiwill be apparent from Fig. 7, the struck .up bar acting: as; asubstitute for cars 13 15- Vhat- I desire, to claimis: V

1. A buekle ofthe character described, comprising a-platefromthe front face of: which extends 7 web holding. means and from the rear,- fa'ee1 of which extends straps shaped into the form of an elongated socket wherebythe'buckleas'ia whole can be slid'over the chumpfof a safety pin and positioned to rev ece-ivmaiweba 2'. buckle of the character described, compmsmgta plate provided with forwardly extendingfwebholding means and carrying on its re'an face an elongated socket-which receive the hump of a safety pin.

4;. A buckle of the character described, comprising a plate provided with forwardly extending web holding means said web holding means being integrally connected to said plate, and with rearwardly extending straps which are integrally attached to the ends of the plate and formed into an elongated socket which is arranged to slide over the hump of a safety pin and to receive an end of aweb, the buckle as a whole being so constructed that the. web can be drawn therearound to be securely and adj ustably held by the buckle and'suspended from the safety pm.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

, ADELMA J. THERREAULT'. 

